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bush. >> 200,000 people in berlin came to hear him speak. no one before him manage to electrify the masses like that. he was and still is to extend a very charismatic leader. that is why the germans took such a shine to him. >> at the time, german chancellor angela merkel appeared unimpressed with obama 's performance. today, the u.s. president considers merkel to be one of his closest allies. last year, obama awarded to german chancellor the presidential medal of freedom, but merkel has been remarkably silent about the u.s. elections. her lack of open support suggests her friendship with obama may not be so close after all. but talk of a meeting this summer was also shut down. the chancellor had no plans to interrupt her vacation. at the last debate, obama talked about foreign policy. they came back to domestic issues and only once did he even mention europe. whichever candidate is elected, politicians say merkel's partners will be expected to play a bigger role in the world stage. >> europe is going to have to take on more responsibilities
bush. >> 200,000 people in berlin came to hear him speak. no one before him manage to electrify the masses like that. he was and still is to extend a very charismatic leader. that is why the germans took such a shine to him. >> at the time, german chancellor angela merkel appeared unimpressed with obama 's performance. today, the u.s. president considers merkel to be one of his closest allies. last year, obama awarded to german chancellor the presidential medal of freedom, but...
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bush tax cut. for years, we have heard them say tax cuts for the rich. now we find out there were also a tax cut for the middle class and the port. -- and support. -- the poor. people who have never paid into social security or met -- or disability are getting on welfare. 16,000 a month are getting added into social security and medicare who have never paid a dime. host: linda, we are talking about the bush era tax cuts, focusing specifically this morning on the income tax cuts under the bush administration that were extended under the obama administration. that is part of a series that we are doing on the "washington journal" lead starts today that focuses on different aspects of the so-called fiscal cliff tops. and we will go to michael next in fenton, mich.. good morning. are you with us? caller: yes. host: you are on the air, sir. caller: i'm calling to discuss the fact that the disparity in the revenue that is generated in the different tax brackets, it is my understanding that the top 5% roug
bush tax cut. for years, we have heard them say tax cuts for the rich. now we find out there were also a tax cut for the middle class and the port. -- and support. -- the poor. people who have never paid into social security or met -- or disability are getting on welfare. 16,000 a month are getting added into social security and medicare who have never paid a dime. host: linda, we are talking about the bush era tax cuts, focusing specifically this morning on the income tax cuts under the bush...
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it is a mixed bag of provisions, the bush tax cuts. regarding -- the caller mentioned when the bush tax cuts were passed a few years ago -- we were a much better situation. the dangere're in zone. we're not quite work greece is. -- where greece is. it is getting to the point where economists think it is dangerous. 10 or 12 years ago we were not close to that level. that is what the deficits were not such an issue. host: the payroll tax cut was enacted in 2010. a temporary cut to boost the economy. it reduce the payroll tax to% from 6.2% to 4.2%. increase take-home pay about an average of $1,000 per year. if you make $35,000 a year, you will pay an extra $700 back in the payroll tax. $50,000, about $1,000 more per year. $75,000, about $1,500. $110,000, the cut off, $2,200 more from your check will go back to taxes. it will go back to the social security money, correct? guest: the lost revenue from this temporary payroll tax cut is replaced dollar for dollar into the social security trust fund. there are some critics of the payroll tax h
it is a mixed bag of provisions, the bush tax cuts. regarding -- the caller mentioned when the bush tax cuts were passed a few years ago -- we were a much better situation. the dangere're in zone. we're not quite work greece is. -- where greece is. it is getting to the point where economists think it is dangerous. 10 or 12 years ago we were not close to that level. that is what the deficits were not such an issue. host: the payroll tax cut was enacted in 2010. a temporary cut to boost the...
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bush lost the popular vote. that election -- the issue discussion dominated by what happened in florida. there was not a lot of talk about scrapping the electoral college. there has not been a big movement to overhaul the electoral college. it is kind of behind-the-scenes and a complex system. host: we will take a look at florida 2002 and will we learn now. joining us will pay charles wells -- joining us will be charles wells. we will talk with him in our next segment. a couple of things. electors very rarely go rogue, but it has happened. guest: these are the rare cases in which electors who are pledged to support nominees part ways and either abstained or cast a protest vote or withhold the vote because they have their own reasons to do so. in 2000, an elector withheld her vote for al gore. total was 271-266. host: how does a state determine who their electors will be? guest: it is basically a political party function. host: greg giroux talking about politics and the electoral map. you can ask us questions. 20
bush lost the popular vote. that election -- the issue discussion dominated by what happened in florida. there was not a lot of talk about scrapping the electoral college. there has not been a big movement to overhaul the electoral college. it is kind of behind-the-scenes and a complex system. host: we will take a look at florida 2002 and will we learn now. joining us will pay charles wells -- joining us will be charles wells. we will talk with him in our next segment. a couple of things....
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the supreme court nominated george bush in 2000. since he has been in the white house has been brought about everything. he spent $300 million this year of other people's money. we do not know how much money he made for that deal. in nine senate races he got one win. he has spent maybe $170 million against barack obama and for mitt romney. he had a horrible record. on election night he tried to recreate florida 2000 on fox news by insisting that the network fox was wrong to in calling the election for president obama. the number crunchers said, no, you are wrong. he made a fool of himself. still today he insists he is right. i would hope that nobody would give that guy a dollar to spend in any future election. i think his career in politics should be over. not that i feel strongly about this, but he also has this enormous conflict of interest. he is getting all of these people's money, spending it for mitt romney, then he is on fox news as a supposedly independent political commentator and is writing a column for "the wall street jo
the supreme court nominated george bush in 2000. since he has been in the white house has been brought about everything. he spent $300 million this year of other people's money. we do not know how much money he made for that deal. in nine senate races he got one win. he has spent maybe $170 million against barack obama and for mitt romney. he had a horrible record. on election night he tried to recreate florida 2000 on fox news by insisting that the network fox was wrong to in calling the...
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bush won the state. you can see that president bush won more of the tidewater region than did john mccain in 2008. if you were president obama and you were mitt romney, where would you focus your resources, larry? guest: you can tell by where they are visiting. romney spends a lot of time in the richmond area. he needs a big vote out of those localities, some of which voted for president obama. other various conservative localities like chesterfield county went as high as 45% for president obama in 2008. there's no way for republicans to win statewide and allow centreville to get 45% of the votes to obama. they're both campaigning in northern virginia. it is the linchpin of a statewide victory for president obama. he needs to do well in the big, growing burgeoning prince gallia county and loudoun county -- prince george county and loudoun county, as well as fairfax. yes, the two areas are small, but trees and rocks and acres don't vote, at least in most states and localities. host: what kind of the votin
bush won the state. you can see that president bush won more of the tidewater region than did john mccain in 2008. if you were president obama and you were mitt romney, where would you focus your resources, larry? guest: you can tell by where they are visiting. romney spends a lot of time in the richmond area. he needs a big vote out of those localities, some of which voted for president obama. other various conservative localities like chesterfield county went as high as 45% for president...
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. >> picking up on that, as you say, merkel did seem surprisingly tough but bush really have any influence in russia? >> there are many differences concerning human rights and democracy in russia, but her influence seems to be a little here. the more germany is trying to boost and keep up good relationships concerning the economy and trade, and germany as russia's a second largest trading partner in the world. even on this day in moscow, several contracts have been signed worth several billion euro. despite all the differences, germany and russia are trying to keep good relations here. >> thank you for that update from marco. >> a war crimes court has overturned the conviction of two high-profile croatatat general sentenced for atrocities against serbians. >> there has been a furious outrage. >> and now a free man. the appeals chamber found the former croatian troops general was not personally not responsible for crimes committed at the end of the croatian war. they expressed satisfaction a. >> it is a fantastic day for criminal-justice and a fantastic day for the history. the appeal judgm
. >> picking up on that, as you say, merkel did seem surprisingly tough but bush really have any influence in russia? >> there are many differences concerning human rights and democracy in russia, but her influence seems to be a little here. the more germany is trying to boost and keep up good relationships concerning the economy and trade, and germany as russia's a second largest trading partner in the world. even on this day in moscow, several contracts have been signed worth...
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bush. at his buddy says bush took us to war and the war is what created all of this debt. bush did not take us to war on his own. democrats voted for that war, too. congress voted for it. you cannot pay it all on george bush. under present obama's term as president, we have accumulated -- he has accumulated 1/3 of our debt, more of -- more than all of our presidents combined in american history. we cannot continue down this path. why don't we stop the blame game and figure out how to fix it? that is the thing. let's figure out how to fix it. let's let americans win. host: during one of the debates, that after all the republican candidates if they would be willing to put in $10 in spending cuts and balance that up with $1 in tax revenue. each of them said no. is that something that you in the tea party could live with? is that a compromise that could work? guest: we have to see what everybody puts on the table. i do not speak for the entirety party movement. you have to see -- i have -- i do
bush. at his buddy says bush took us to war and the war is what created all of this debt. bush did not take us to war on his own. democrats voted for that war, too. congress voted for it. you cannot pay it all on george bush. under present obama's term as president, we have accumulated -- he has accumulated 1/3 of our debt, more of -- more than all of our presidents combined in american history. we cannot continue down this path. why don't we stop the blame game and figure out how to fix it?...
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bush for the economy. and i welcome it shattered their 2008 early voting record -- in iowa, they shattered their 2008 early voting record. and the youth vote in wisconsin may have played a role. 8-29 year-olds favre obama. and ohio, more voters and the state than any other state said governor romney's policies would favor the rich. and the auto bailout played a big role in that state as well. moving on to florida, this one is not called yet 4 obama 1 mitt romney -- for obama or mitt romney. north carolina, the economy had a big impact. and also three out of five of voters said they would want some or all of the health-care law appealed. you see mitt romney on top in north carolina. he gets that battleground state. in a virginia, and 2008, obama the first democratic president to win. in 40 years. moving on to new hampshire. new hampshire from independents make up 45% of the electorate. president obama came out on top, a 52% to 47%. all of these results can be found on our web site at c- span.org. host: obam
bush for the economy. and i welcome it shattered their 2008 early voting record -- in iowa, they shattered their 2008 early voting record. and the youth vote in wisconsin may have played a role. 8-29 year-olds favre obama. and ohio, more voters and the state than any other state said governor romney's policies would favor the rich. and the auto bailout played a big role in that state as well. moving on to florida, this one is not called yet 4 obama 1 mitt romney -- for obama or mitt romney....
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i am talking about a bill that was 2006 under president bush. i think once again the two sides need to sit down. they need to hash it out. it is not an overnight project. it needs to be hashed out over a couple of months. when that happens, i will be able to name a lot more than six republicans. let's give the process a chance to work. what we will do as a super pac is give some republicans some cover. give them support to be able to support an issue that can be controversial. do not leave them alone. do not let them take all of the criticism from people who do not agree. your caller, she made a very good point that hispanic values are very similar to republican values. the family is the center of hispanic life. that, i believe, is a republican value. where i believe we as a party missed it is that we went on quantitative results from polls. we took those very literally. the polls will say, hispanics care primarily about the economy, like everyone else does. immigration is actually further down the list. you will see some polls saying immigratio
i am talking about a bill that was 2006 under president bush. i think once again the two sides need to sit down. they need to hash it out. it is not an overnight project. it needs to be hashed out over a couple of months. when that happens, i will be able to name a lot more than six republicans. let's give the process a chance to work. what we will do as a super pac is give some republicans some cover. give them support to be able to support an issue that can be controversial. do not leave them...
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bush sent our boys to war without the proper body armor. we had to send our boys the proper body armor. rhumb spelled said you go to war with the army that you have. what about the war that all of our boys died in a question mark is a shame when it comes to abortion also. -- what about the war that all of our boys died and a? it is a shame when it comes to abortion, also. last thing, when it comes to your religious doctrine, billy graham's four years has said that mormonism is a cult. all of these evangelicals that now all of a sudden, mormonism is not a cult, you guys need to get down on your knees. all of a sudden did it got to come to a kg and said i had been thinking about it, and now mormonism is not a cult. host: a lot of issues to choose from. if you want to talk about how they are playing in ohio. today he draws the contrast pretty well on some of those issues. you know, the republicans i think are just tripping over themselves trying to find something to pann on obama. the reason they cannot do it is because they are in some way co
bush sent our boys to war without the proper body armor. we had to send our boys the proper body armor. rhumb spelled said you go to war with the army that you have. what about the war that all of our boys died in a question mark is a shame when it comes to abortion also. -- what about the war that all of our boys died and a? it is a shame when it comes to abortion, also. last thing, when it comes to your religious doctrine, billy graham's four years has said that mormonism is a cult. all of...
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they get much less attention than the bush tax cuts. they are part of the packet of decisions that congress has to make. host: we can go into debt but to highlight four --th let's start with the child tax credit. what is it? guest: this is a credit that applies to families, some that you can use if you make up to ,000.0 it is they $1,000 credit for each child. unless congress acts, that 10000 becomedit will $500, but becomes less valuable. you can make up to $130,000. host: that is the child tax credits. guest: almost 24 million families claimed it in 2009. it is one of the bigger tax credits out there. host: the next one would be the child and dependent care tax credit. guest: is a credit between 20% and a 30% and goes up to $3,000. it helps families with their expenses for child care or if they have dependents and things like that. you can basically claim a credit of $3,000. host: for child care purposes? guest: this helps with dependents. host: the earned income tax credit is what? guest: it is a credit whose primary recipients are w
they get much less attention than the bush tax cuts. they are part of the packet of decisions that congress has to make. host: we can go into debt but to highlight four --th let's start with the child tax credit. what is it? guest: this is a credit that applies to families, some that you can use if you make up to ,000.0 it is they $1,000 credit for each child. unless congress acts, that 10000 becomedit will $500, but becomes less valuable. you can make up to $130,000. host: that is the child...
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president bush wanted a hemisphere-wide free trade summit. it is very dislocated, particularly on american manufacturing jobs. i think there is a -- but the prices of the goods that we by obviously are a lot less expensive because of the extremely low labor costs in china. host: this comes from twitter -- the church secretary has said he is leaving, right? -- the treasury secretary has said he is leaving, right? guest: it is a matter of time. he has had an enormous task. the focus will move away from things like the bailout and crisis negotiations and more into domestic and long-term fiscal concerns. at least in the first year or two years of the obama second term, unless there is an unforeseen crisis that the treasury secretary has to deal with. someone who is more interested and more expert in negotiations with congress, resolving things like entitlement issues, someone who has been around since the days that reagan and tip o'neill. social security, medicare, these are the things a lot to do with the treasury secretary's next job, and timot
president bush wanted a hemisphere-wide free trade summit. it is very dislocated, particularly on american manufacturing jobs. i think there is a -- but the prices of the goods that we by obviously are a lot less expensive because of the extremely low labor costs in china. host: this comes from twitter -- the church secretary has said he is leaving, right? -- the treasury secretary has said he is leaving, right? guest: it is a matter of time. he has had an enormous task. the focus will move...
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he blamed bush for four years. who can he blamed for the next four years? i would like to see our military improve instead of in taking away from it. as far as the last democrat guy, i could not believe he was a democrat. i agree with what he said. we need to get our money back from everyone we loaned it to. it is crazy how we are giving in to other countries. there are a lot of things. i hope he changes and does what he promised in the first four years. host: vicki bringing up some military issues. the headline from the front page of "the new york times." there is a picture of the type of predator drone that was fired on. we are discussing your priorities for the second term. we will go to the independent line. caller: i want to say i am a series an american. neither candidate understood what is going on in the middle east because they are getting one biased israel view. i can tell you what is going on. i love president assad. i stand with them. there has always been peace there. the women wear jeans, they'd drive, they vote. it is more of a democracy and
he blamed bush for four years. who can he blamed for the next four years? i would like to see our military improve instead of in taking away from it. as far as the last democrat guy, i could not believe he was a democrat. i agree with what he said. we need to get our money back from everyone we loaned it to. it is crazy how we are giving in to other countries. there are a lot of things. i hope he changes and does what he promised in the first four years. host: vicki bringing up some military...
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the bush tax cuts were of two parts. there were tax cuts for the rich and tax cuts for the middle class. we want to give the middle class a shot for success as the economy is recovering. the gap between rich and poor in this country has never been greater. we need to find ways to create more balanced. we are fighting to say, less than have -- let's go back to the tax rate we had in the clinton era. when you are talking about marginal tax rates for those who are making above $250,000 -- the bottom line in california is not about pensions. california has passed do revenue from the recent election to try to get money back into schools. you are right that in a public education system, parents should not be asked to subsidize each and every day. that is what is happening in lots of places. i have seen across the country how parents are being axed. it would be better -- i have seen across the country how parents are being asked. there has to be transparency and there has to be accountability in terms of what the money is used
the bush tax cuts were of two parts. there were tax cuts for the rich and tax cuts for the middle class. we want to give the middle class a shot for success as the economy is recovering. the gap between rich and poor in this country has never been greater. we need to find ways to create more balanced. we are fighting to say, less than have -- let's go back to the tax rate we had in the clinton era. when you are talking about marginal tax rates for those who are making above $250,000 -- the...
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bush was running for reelection. guest: president obama set this up to be an issue that people would vote on before the election. i cannot help but think that was a deliberate choice. the hispanic population, in fairness to the president, a lot of this has come from opposition with republicans. i found it a lot more interesting to look at what prominent republicans have been saying about this since the election. john boehner said, a couple of days after the election, that it was time to work on this reform. this got his caucus irritated. host: let's show the folks some of what he said in that statement. >> >> -- [video clip] >> i am not talking about a seven page bill. i am talking about a comprehensive approach to fixing the borders and a broken immigration system. again, on an issue this big, the president has to leave. i think members on both sides of the aisle want to resolve this issue. host: you said that his caucus was surprised by this statement? guest: from louisiana they put out a statement saying that he w
bush was running for reelection. guest: president obama set this up to be an issue that people would vote on before the election. i cannot help but think that was a deliberate choice. the hispanic population, in fairness to the president, a lot of this has come from opposition with republicans. i found it a lot more interesting to look at what prominent republicans have been saying about this since the election. john boehner said, a couple of days after the election, that it was time to work on...
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i remember when george bush sr. had his term, the purpose of democrat party was to make him a one-term president. that is the way it works. even though the policies are not different, the power struggle is very real. if they can embarrass the other party -- the other thing i argue for is to be more objective and say, that is true, the republicans do that and they get off on tangents, partisan bickering, but it is bipartisan, believe me. it is not like the democrats are angels and the republicans are the monsters. both parties share the same amount of blame. host: are you going to miss serving in congress? adding on to that, a tweet. what advice would you give to members, how would you improve congress? guest: i have been in and out of congress for 25 years. i only have two weeks left to solve the problems. as i said in my speech yesterday, i have been here and i did not solve many problems. host: a farewell speech. guest: yes, my message is doing more with ideas, understanding economics, learning what self- reliance
i remember when george bush sr. had his term, the purpose of democrat party was to make him a one-term president. that is the way it works. even though the policies are not different, the power struggle is very real. if they can embarrass the other party -- the other thing i argue for is to be more objective and say, that is true, the republicans do that and they get off on tangents, partisan bickering, but it is bipartisan, believe me. it is not like the democrats are angels and the...
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this is a bush era program. the response to hiv and aids. what else do we do? we make sure there are international treaties regarding health. we help support other important things to help starving people around the globe and we make sure that when there are disasters in places like somalia or indonesia or other parts of the globe, that america is there to make sure we are helping the world deal with great disasters. i am one of those people who supports foreign aid. it is a tiny part of our budget. we are having tough times. what i am calling for is let's not take it out of the tiniest part of the budget. let's cut some money out of the military budget. let's ask for medicare to negotiate drug prices. lets close off some of these loopholes. money where the money is. let's go for the reallmoney whee money is. that is the way we solve these problems. not just cutting off aid to any program that does a lot of good. host: you are on with congressman ellison. guestcaller: i think what what reagan said is correct. a government that can give you everything but take e
this is a bush era program. the response to hiv and aids. what else do we do? we make sure there are international treaties regarding health. we help support other important things to help starving people around the globe and we make sure that when there are disasters in places like somalia or indonesia or other parts of the globe, that america is there to make sure we are helping the world deal with great disasters. i am one of those people who supports foreign aid. it is a tiny part of our...
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and the bush era tax cuts are a huge piece of that. and thinking about what we want to do about that -- just to emphasize a point of compromise, both parties do think that the tax cuts should be extended for household incomes below $250,000. that is 98% of taxpayers. although there's all this posturing that both sides feel like they are far apart, they do agree on what one big point. host: next up is howie and south dakota on our line for independents. caller: my question to nancy is -- in our weaken the economy at this point, if we did a sloppy fiscal cliff, would we kind of go -- if we did go off the fiscal cliff would we hit depression? could we stop without a recession? host: what you think about the potential of these tax increases that would hit your bottom line? caller: you would get to me and my wife pretty good. in this area that we are in it, we do not have too many people that are above that $250,000 a year -- we would have to reach to get middle class. it would hurt us pretty good. host: howie asking about the implications
and the bush era tax cuts are a huge piece of that. and thinking about what we want to do about that -- just to emphasize a point of compromise, both parties do think that the tax cuts should be extended for household incomes below $250,000. that is 98% of taxpayers. although there's all this posturing that both sides feel like they are far apart, they do agree on what one big point. host: next up is howie and south dakota on our line for independents. caller: my question to nancy is -- in our...
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bush's economic policies. they are the same republican economic policies we have had for the last 25 years. it is hard to argue that george bush's policies were and economic failure. they deregulated wall street and let us into the financial crisis. you see that in all our polls. we ask who you blame for the current economic situation? is still blame bush. guest: this is where there has been a lot of misinformation out there. president bush respecting the office by taking the blame and not looking for someone else to blame, which is the opposite of what president obama has done this entire time. the color is exactly right. at the time bush took office -- the caller is exactly right. at the time bush took office, we had a lot of national debt. without pointing fingers in terms of what the caller is talking about, the root problem of what brought our economy to where it was was long planted in the policies of the democrats in fannie mae and freddie mac and trying to transfer those government loans into the priva
bush's economic policies. they are the same republican economic policies we have had for the last 25 years. it is hard to argue that george bush's policies were and economic failure. they deregulated wall street and let us into the financial crisis. you see that in all our polls. we ask who you blame for the current economic situation? is still blame bush. guest: this is where there has been a lot of misinformation out there. president bush respecting the office by taking the blame and not...
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front page of the new york times, jeb bush. bill clinton has visited there as well as marco rubio. speculation about who might run for president in 2016. and the wall street journal this morning has this headline about the tea party -- possibly try to take them out for not being conservative enough. also, going back to possible 2016 presidential bid, this is from des moines, iowa, in the washington times this morning -- so, possibly doing away with the straw poll. besides story, a marriage supporters now want more, feeling bolstered by a recent win at the ballot box. if you are interested in that, the "washington times. back to your phone calls. five minutes left to talk about one-party rule, a cure for gridlock? keith is a republican caller. caller: there has been too much government and not enough getting done. they are pulling at each other in the wrong direction. host: even on the state level? caller: yes. instead of getting something done, they fight each other and make everybody think they are doing something. they are not. they have to get to doing something instead of fight
front page of the new york times, jeb bush. bill clinton has visited there as well as marco rubio. speculation about who might run for president in 2016. and the wall street journal this morning has this headline about the tea party -- possibly try to take them out for not being conservative enough. also, going back to possible 2016 presidential bid, this is from des moines, iowa, in the washington times this morning -- so, possibly doing away with the straw poll. besides story, a marriage...
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it is in an area that the previous bush's had one. but president obama made it flipped and took it by several percentage points. i think you are seeing a lot of attention in going there. this weekend, president obama will be finishing topping off his ohio campaigning in central ohio. in the past tv of cycles, we have seen the democratic candidate come up in northeast ohio and try to make that pushed. i think he is comfortable with the get out to vote efforts. he ought to go down -- he has to appeal to the swing areas. more independent voters. and you had this educated, affluent group, the base around ohio state university. and that has been critical. in the end, if you show that map, ohio is broken up, we have said it for years into 5 ohios. those five areas, plus some of the border areas, we have about seven media markets. it makes a very expensive to campaign here. in gubernatorial races and some presidential races there will go to west virginia to reach the southern ohio parts. that is where the bigger market is and that has to be
it is in an area that the previous bush's had one. but president obama made it flipped and took it by several percentage points. i think you are seeing a lot of attention in going there. this weekend, president obama will be finishing topping off his ohio campaigning in central ohio. in the past tv of cycles, we have seen the democratic candidate come up in northeast ohio and try to make that pushed. i think he is comfortable with the get out to vote efforts. he ought to go down -- he has to...
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caller: the tax cuts under george bush -- george w. bush, add another $1.20 trillion. these have all been coming forward and get the blame obama. the rich have had all the benefits. i was a business owner. we had 182 employees. i did not have to close my door is. host: what was your business? caller: i went for your without a paycheck. we had a family business we started from scratch, my husband and i, in 1949. i don't see any excuse for these people. i hear the same line. it must've been written for them by someone else, that they will close their doors. it's time we call the bluff of the republican party and say that, we know you are for the 1% because they are the one who finances you, but we have a right to own home, to food, to health care. they can cut the salaries of the hmo executives. in 1966 steve took millions out of oxford health plan and history of dealings took another $100 million. host: now to the republican line from california, ron waiting to talk to us. caller: good morning. good job. the issues are occluded. the whole congress -- i blame the entire
caller: the tax cuts under george bush -- george w. bush, add another $1.20 trillion. these have all been coming forward and get the blame obama. the rich have had all the benefits. i was a business owner. we had 182 employees. i did not have to close my door is. host: what was your business? caller: i went for your without a paycheck. we had a family business we started from scratch, my husband and i, in 1949. i don't see any excuse for these people. i hear the same line. it must've been...
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do not go to war for bush. we are spending $1 trillion a year on a war in afghanistan, which is senseless. bring those troops,. that is over $1 trillion a year. turkey, they build pickup trucks for general motors. shipped to the sales room, that costs them $7,000, they turn around and sell it to us for $18,000. let us get an import tax. what about those import taxes. to equalize the funding for the united states. the import tax should equalize $20 an hour american dollars. that will put us on their feet. as far as cutting medicaid, whited biggest toss me out in the street. because i live strictly on social security. and without medicare i cannot possibly make it. our congress is too busy investing their money in the industrial -- to make a ton of money on the war. why we have 10,000 troops in germany? bring a lot of those home. host: here is bob. i will review some other headlines. on the race to jesse jackson jr. as seed. he resigned as many of you know. years the "new york times." and on the economy, cyber mo
do not go to war for bush. we are spending $1 trillion a year on a war in afghanistan, which is senseless. bring those troops,. that is over $1 trillion a year. turkey, they build pickup trucks for general motors. shipped to the sales room, that costs them $7,000, they turn around and sell it to us for $18,000. let us get an import tax. what about those import taxes. to equalize the funding for the united states. the import tax should equalize $20 an hour american dollars. that will put us on...
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obama has been well liked in africa, but so was george bush. there was his aides initiative. -- aids initiative. it is too simplistic to say that the country's south of the mediterranean are anti-pro- western. the administration had long relationships with these countries. morocco was the first country to recognize the united states and we have a lot of political relationship with them. we have had long relationships with egypt, saudi arabia. we are involved in the democratic transition of many of these countries there. host: independent scholar from orlando, fla. caller: good morning. how are you? basically, we have a lot of drama going on in the middle east right now. how do you feel about world war iii possibly going on right now? guest: i do not think anyone would feel good about a world war iii. i think there is a fear of nuclear escalation. i do not think anyone wants to see iran develop a nuclear weapon. there's a fear that could really produce the arms race. an israeli attack on iran could escalate wider conflict and bring in other coun
obama has been well liked in africa, but so was george bush. there was his aides initiative. -- aids initiative. it is too simplistic to say that the country's south of the mediterranean are anti-pro- western. the administration had long relationships with these countries. morocco was the first country to recognize the united states and we have a lot of political relationship with them. we have had long relationships with egypt, saudi arabia. we are involved in the democratic transition of many...
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then bush came in and this is the problem we have. i am also concerned about the people who call themselves christians. when you hear them talking, they are more hateful than any other human being. i am very optimistic about this country. host: where are you from originally? caller: i am from nigeria. host: carol, try again. caller: i am very optimistic. host: i am so sorry. that is just too painful to listen to with that scratchy in there. ralph in florida, the republican line. good morning. this is the "washington journal ." caller: i am not optimistic at all. we have a lame duck president. i did not vote for him. this is just foolish. he is destroying our society. host: how so? caller: well, gee -- obamacare? that is a joke been betting that is destroying jobs. i had great insurance long before he came into office. guess what? employers cannot afford to employ me any more. i made great money. now it is like, ok, i will take a menial job. there are no more menial jobs out there anymore, and obama is just sending them overseas. host:
then bush came in and this is the problem we have. i am also concerned about the people who call themselves christians. when you hear them talking, they are more hateful than any other human being. i am very optimistic about this country. host: where are you from originally? caller: i am from nigeria. host: carol, try again. caller: i am very optimistic. host: i am so sorry. that is just too painful to listen to with that scratchy in there. ralph in florida, the republican line. good morning....
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bush. at $4.50 trillion is now something like $16 trillion. muster that amassed during the bush administration because of two and necessary wars and an extraordinary and needed a tax cut which is on the table right now. that was supposed to sunset two years ago. we had a two year extension. it will disappear on 1231. those things are what has driven this debt up. i think he has the strength of leadership to work with congress and -- i feel very confident in him bring this under control and bringing us back to normalcy. host: what is the president's role in the debt? caller: his role is to lead it. host: what role did the president didin the debt? caller: he added several trillion dollars, but he added this because when he came into office unemployment was something like -- the first few months when up to 10% or so. this was all caused by the economic collapse and all the stimulus and things like that. he has added some. plus, remember there is interest that accrues on the debt. the higher the debt is, the higher the component is interest. peop
bush. at $4.50 trillion is now something like $16 trillion. muster that amassed during the bush administration because of two and necessary wars and an extraordinary and needed a tax cut which is on the table right now. that was supposed to sunset two years ago. we had a two year extension. it will disappear on 1231. those things are what has driven this debt up. i think he has the strength of leadership to work with congress and -- i feel very confident in him bring this under control and...
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let the bush tax cuts expire. we do not think that is the right way to go. there is $1.10 trillion in loopholes and tax expenditures. we should look at getting rid of some of those, for example, the mortgage interest rate deduction. for allowing companies to take tax cuts on health care spending for health care plans. these are some of the things we can start to look at. it has to be comprehensive and bipartisan. we will not get both sides to come to the table unless each side takes a little bit. when he talks about other things -- reinvesting in growing the economy -- the american society of civil engineers estimates there are $2.20 trillion of repairs needed to our infrastructure. these are things the need to be changed. it is about setting priorities for the country. we need to start thinking what are high value investments and high value targets. host: charles is 25 years old from that rule to -- fr louisianaom -- from louisiana. caller: i just graduated from school. i vote for mr. obama twice. in reading his books, he associated with certain people befo
let the bush tax cuts expire. we do not think that is the right way to go. there is $1.10 trillion in loopholes and tax expenditures. we should look at getting rid of some of those, for example, the mortgage interest rate deduction. for allowing companies to take tax cuts on health care spending for health care plans. these are some of the things we can start to look at. it has to be comprehensive and bipartisan. we will not get both sides to come to the table unless each side takes a little...
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it has really been increasing since bush's first election. i supported bush because he expressed himself as a compassionate conservative. i have seen an article where that has been described as being socialist. somehow here people seem to have a wrong interpretation of socialism. the party does not express any empathy for people. i think this is where the democrats have been able to overcome republicans. the message i have got of someone who strutted history, born in the caribbean, worked very hard from the time i was a little boy to get myself educated through england and then coming to america, started a business within one year from coming here. i was cheated by montgomery county government, so i became very strongly republican. now i hear a party saying we should return to the good old days. what are the good old days in america? and what is the economy they are presenting, the economics? it seems to be they want to return to a plantation economy. what are they saying when they tell us to let the rich man have more money and he's going to
it has really been increasing since bush's first election. i supported bush because he expressed himself as a compassionate conservative. i have seen an article where that has been described as being socialist. somehow here people seem to have a wrong interpretation of socialism. the party does not express any empathy for people. i think this is where the democrats have been able to overcome republicans. the message i have got of someone who strutted history, born in the caribbean, worked very...
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that is the work of god, not obama, not president bush. let's get together and help the people in new jersey and new york over, this tragedy. thank you for any comments you have. thank you. host: a story in the new york times." how do relationships come into play when we're talking about federal funding of looking at the governors and congressional delegation working with others -- their peers? how did it play out? relationship tier are fascinating. -- guest: relationships here are fascinating. these are people with giant egos and a lot of cases. they're trying to get a lot done. gov. christie is a perfect example of that. he said, and a lot of people will agree with him, he was trying to do the best thing for his state. if you live in california or anywhere else in the country, and not so much helping the new jersey shore recover, those people are upset with chris christie. in addition, you do rtc some wrangling taking place. for example, andrew cuomo put out his request for $30 billion. he did that without talking to members of the congr
that is the work of god, not obama, not president bush. let's get together and help the people in new jersey and new york over, this tragedy. thank you for any comments you have. thank you. host: a story in the new york times." how do relationships come into play when we're talking about federal funding of looking at the governors and congressional delegation working with others -- their peers? how did it play out? relationship tier are fascinating. -- guest: relationships here are...
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bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to what the party needs to do to regroup for 2 2 2 2 2 2 hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >> another white house loss for the g.o.p. coupled with their failure once again to take back the senate. many in the party calling for change. what can republicans do to regroup for 2014 and beyond. jason, a wonderful time of the the season, called recrimination. (laughter) >> otherwise known to journalists as shooting the wounded, which is our specialty, so, what, how much trouble is the republican party in? >> they're in a lot of trouble, the coalition needs to expand. it's that simple. there are democrats, t
bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to what the party needs to do to regroup for 2 2 2 2 2 2 hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. >>...
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bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. so i can get the energized feeling i need and support a great cause? i'm sold. pink lemonade 5-hour energy? yeah and a portion of every sale goes to the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. i'm sold. new pink lemonade 5-hour energy. get the alert, energized feeling you need and support breast cancer research and access to care. >> another white house loss for the g.o.p. coupled with their failure once again to take back the senate. many in the party calling for change. what can republicans do to regroup for 2014 and beyond. jason, a wonderful time of the the season, called recrimination. (laughter) >> otherwise known to journalists as shooting the wounded, which is our specialty, so, what, how
bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to 5-hour energy? 5-hour energy supports the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. so i can get the energized feeling i need and support a great cause? i'm sold. pink lemonade 5-hour energy? yeah and a portion of every sale goes to the avon foundation for women breast cancer crusade. i'm...
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bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to regroup for 2014 and beyond next. to come home for the holidays. that's double miles you can actually use... sadly, their brother's white christmas just got "blacked out." [ brother ] but it's the family party! really jingles your bells, doesn't it? my gift to you! the capital one venture card! for any flight, any time! that's double miles you can actually use! how illuminating. what's in your wallet? let me guess, am i on the naughty list again? ho ho ho! i want to get a big tv for my g family, for the big hiday. we like to watch big games. we got a big spread together... so it's gotta big. how about the 55-inch lg tv. it's led and has incredible picture quality... that's big... but i got a little budget. with the walmart credit card special financing you can go big this year. that's big time!
bush. when we come back, the soul searching begins as republicans face another four years of a democrat in the white house and at least two more in the senate minority. what the party needs to do to regroup for 2014 and beyond next. to come home for the holidays. that's double miles you can actually use... sadly, their brother's white christmas just got "blacked out." [ brother ] but it's the family party! really jingles your bells, doesn't it? my gift to you! the capital one venture...
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there was no deregulation in the bush years. it's a myth that he's been perpetrating for years and any of the tax cuts caused the financial crisis, that's why lehman brothers and bear-stearns had too much-- >> the housing market. >> the housing market, it's insane. i think mr. mitt romney ought to be pushing back. >> as a quick extension, his idea instead of doing that with the economy back on its heels, raise taxes, which he will do if he gets reelected and impose more regulation on the economy. that's his solution to the problem we had before. >> i think the contrast in these closing arguments are very telling. obama decides to double down on the character assassination and class warfare, romney is talking bipartisanship, and he was a governor of a blue state. one sounds more presidential than the other. >> paul: the president is throwing out attempts to say, well, i'm going to get a big budget deal with congress, i real want bipartisan immigration deal, hey, maybe, even tax reform. >> this is really important, yeah, because h
there was no deregulation in the bush years. it's a myth that he's been perpetrating for years and any of the tax cuts caused the financial crisis, that's why lehman brothers and bear-stearns had too much-- >> the housing market. >> the housing market, it's insane. i think mr. mitt romney ought to be pushing back. >> as a quick extension, his idea instead of doing that with the economy back on its heels, raise taxes, which he will do if he gets reelected and impose more...
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they blame bush more than obama for the state of the economy. that will be a large part of the story. host: ryan another american univ. student joins us now, brian, go ahead. caller: what does this negative campaigning say about the character of the candidates or where they were going to govern? guest: i have to say, there are times i felt like a little girl in colorado who was driven to tears over all of the talk about the bronco bama and mitt romney. we will see a lot of analysis about what that has meant, the amount approved money spent on negative advertising has been very negative. this is how politics works. -lives will run because they work. -- -advertising runs because it works. i think the story will be dorthy obama campaign successfully demonized mitt romney over the summer before he was really able to get his feet on the ground campaigning and he did not adequately respond. i think one of the lessons will be the really negative and nasty campaigning works. host: here is this tweet that says ronnie is not ours, but obama is still obama
they blame bush more than obama for the state of the economy. that will be a large part of the story. host: ryan another american univ. student joins us now, brian, go ahead. caller: what does this negative campaigning say about the character of the candidates or where they were going to govern? guest: i have to say, there are times i felt like a little girl in colorado who was driven to tears over all of the talk about the bronco bama and mitt romney. we will see a lot of analysis about what...
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i do not mean a return to george bush. that is associated with wars and spending. i'm talking about framing conservative ideas 3 compassionate lens -- through a compassionate lens. i think if you're compassionate, you look at that in a different way. the same thing speaks to the life issue. the republican party should respect the life of the unborn. how do you talk about the life issue? not about the way todd akin and mourdock did. we just heard one quotation from them. we have to come up with a better name than compassionate conservatism. part of the new brand will be addressing these issues in a more compassionate manner. host: we have a tweet from joe. senators are moderating their attacks on susan rice over handling of an attack in libya. host: our last caller brought up concerns over the way republicans are reaching out or not reaching out to women. is this a potential land mine, a tough issue for republicans to work through? she is an african american and a woman. guest: the contrast is older white men like john mccain that are attacking her. i think barack o
i do not mean a return to george bush. that is associated with wars and spending. i'm talking about framing conservative ideas 3 compassionate lens -- through a compassionate lens. i think if you're compassionate, you look at that in a different way. the same thing speaks to the life issue. the republican party should respect the life of the unborn. how do you talk about the life issue? not about the way todd akin and mourdock did. we just heard one quotation from them. we have to come up with...
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maybe bush and cheney ought to go in front of the congress. host: baltimore sun talking about -- john fritz saying no challenger. they seem to be cruising to reelection. andy harris is running against a write-in candidate. this is lee, okla. on our line for independents. hello? you are on. caller: this is leigh. this is my first time to get this much involved in politics. but my husband's family were democrats, naturally, he went along with his father. we registered democrats and we live in texas and that is how we voted. wasmy mother's father republican. i think my dad was a democrat also. but i had a very wise government teacher who said he thought he should vote for the person. he was very much to voice his opinion, i think he is a great man. i hope he is still living. he said those who vote straight democrat, or straight republican ticket, he felt that they did not really know what was on their ticket. host: who do you plan to vote for? caller: i am going to vote for mitt romney. si i moved. so i lost my registration. and i tried to regist
maybe bush and cheney ought to go in front of the congress. host: baltimore sun talking about -- john fritz saying no challenger. they seem to be cruising to reelection. andy harris is running against a write-in candidate. this is lee, okla. on our line for independents. hello? you are on. caller: this is leigh. this is my first time to get this much involved in politics. but my husband's family were democrats, naturally, he went along with his father. we registered democrats and we live in...
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bush. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> great to see you both. let's start with the jobs numbers on friday. the last jobs report before the election. what do they tell us about america's economy today and what impact do you expect it to have on the election. austan? >> i don't think it will have much impact on the election because it's not that much different from the overall trend over the last year to 18 months. i think it was a fairly solid number but certainly better than what was expected and you got revisions on the jobs number itself. but overall, growth has been relatively modest in the u.s. and that's reflected in the jobs number. so this is an encouraging month but you never want to make too much out of any one month. >> i was surprised at the numbers. ed, what do you think? >> i think there are good things that each candidate can take out of it. obviously the fact that the unemployment rate ticked up is something that governor romney will emphasize, it's higher than when the president took office. that's the headline number. but i agre
bush. thank you for joining us. >> nice to be with you. >> great to see you both. let's start with the jobs numbers on friday. the last jobs report before the election. what do they tell us about america's economy today and what impact do you expect it to have on the election. austan? >> i don't think it will have much impact on the election because it's not that much different from the overall trend over the last year to 18 months. i think it was a fairly solid number but...